The Naked Jungle is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker. Telling the story of an attack of army ants on a Brazilian cocoa plantatio
1960 reissue film poster
Charlton Heston plays Christopher Leiningen, a self-made man who carved a plantation out of the wilderness and then sent for a bride as a helpmate to share his fortune.
Eleanor Parker plays Joanna Selby Leiningen, who asked by Leiningen's brother to help screen applicants for an arranged marriage, chooses herself as the superior choice.
William Conrad plays the Commissioner, who warns of the 30-mile-wide swath of marabunta headed in their direction.
Charlton Heston was an American actor and political activist. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Hollywood films including biblical epics, historical drama films, science-fiction
The Naked Jungle
…The Naked Jungle is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker. Telling the story of an attack of army ants on a Brazilian cocoa plantation, it was based on the 1937 short story "Leiningen Versus…
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